Box-fastener.



- No, 730,336. PATENTED JUNE 9, 190s.

' A. BENNETT. y

Boxmstrm aa; APPLIUATIDN FILED JUNE 24; 1902.

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iatented June 9, 1903.

UNIT D STATE-s PATENT Orricn.

ALBERT BENNETT, OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNMUGFORD, OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON.

BOX FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,336, dated June 9,1903. Application filed June 24, 1902. $erial No.'112,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT BENNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Puyallup, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington,have invented a new and useful Box-Fastener, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to devices employed for the purpose of detachablysecuring covers to boxes and which may also be employed for [O securingdoors and many other forms of closures; and the object of the inventionis to produce a simple, inexpensive, and easily operated and applieddevice which will not contain projections in danger of being broken I506 or displaced. i

. The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, ashereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 represents aperspective view of the invention applied. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of the device constructed as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top planview of the device with the casing shown in horizontal section. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the device,

illustrating a modification of the construction.

The device comprises a lock casing 10, having means for attachment tothe box or other closure to which it is to be applied. Preferably thecasing, together with its means of attachment, will be struck up from asingle piece of sheet-steel and will he formed with ears 11 12 at theends, suitably perforated to receive the holding-screws 13 let, and withan extension 15, also suitably perforated to receive holding-screws 16.The casing and its attachments may be of any suitable size to adapt itto the size or form of the closure 0 to which it is to be attached.

The casing 10 will be fiormed with a cavity in one side at the top, thiscavity being indicated at 17, and leading from this cavity is a recess18, formed in the inner edge of the 5 side of the casing next the bodyto which the casing is attached. I

The hasp or bolt is-shown at 19 and consists of a bar pivotallysupported upon the other part of the closure, as by a screw 20, 5e andprovided at its free end with a turned-oh. end 21, the turned-0d endadapted to enter the cavity 17 and pass downward into the casing 10behind its side edge, while the shank of the hasp 19, adjacent to theturned-0d? end 21, enters the recess 18, as indicated in Fig. 1.

It will be noted that the side wall 22 is inclined outwardly from thecasing, whereby the interior of the casing at one side inclines inwardlyfrom the inner end of the cavity 17 to the inner end ofthe recess 18, sothat the turned-off end 21 will move downward within the casing at anincline, whereby provision is made for drawing the casing toward thepivotai-point 20 of the hasp and thus correspondingly draw the two partswhich are united by the device strongly toward each other. This is animportant feature of the invent-ion and adds materially to its value andefficiency, as it insures a tight joint between the parts and eliects aclosing of any slight gaps which tween them.

The hasp 19 is pivoted to swing in substantial alinement with the bottomof the casing 10, so that in its swinging motion the turnedoii portion21 will freely enter the cavity 17 and pass behind the body portion ofthe easing when the hasp is actuated, and thus form a catch mechanismbetween the two parts of the box or a door and its casing and exert a 8odrawing force upon the inclined side, as above noted.

The casing 10 is here shown attached to a box, as indicated at 23, withthe recess 18 next to the part 23, to which the casing is attached, sothat said recess 18 will be in the form of a contracted slit, and thebody portion of the hasp 19 will fill this recess when the device is .inposition to avoid undue lateral looseness'or rattling.

The hasp 19 will be provided with a projection 24, having a perforation25, and the easmight otherwise occur being 10 will be provided with acorresponding perforation 26, preferably opposite the lower portion ofthe recess 18, to provide for the insertion of a sealing-wire, thelatter indicated at 27 and provided with a conventional seal 28. Thesesealing-wires and seals are of various forms, with the wire either roundor flat, and the present device is easily adapt- I00 ed to the use ofeither form of wire by making the perforations 25 26 of the propershape.

By this simple means the look after being engaged may be easily securedby the usual breakable seal without adding to the expense of the lock orincreasing its complication or weight.

Revolubly supported within the casing is a bolt 29, having a lateralprojection thereon in substantial alinement with the inner part of thecavity 17 and provided with an exterior operating-handle 31. Theoperating-handle 31 provides means for the rotation of the bolt 29 tocause the projection 30 to be thrown inward against the rear side of thecasing, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to leave the way clearfor the insertion of the part 21 of the hasp, and then when the hasp hasbeen entered by reversing the hau die 31 the projection 30 will bethrown over to close the entrance to the recess 18 and prevent theremoval of the hasp. By this simple means the bolt 29, with itsprojection 30 and handle 31, becomes a means for locking the hasp intoconnection with the casing 10, as will be readily understood.

The bolt 29 may be formed in any suitable manner, but will preferably beof a section of wire of sufficient strength to resist the strains towhich it will be subjected, and bent to shape, the projection 30 beingformed by turning a loop in the bolt at the proper point transversely toits axis. This makes a very simple, cheap, and effective bolt, easilyreplaced when broken, and which can be made of ample strength to resistthe strains to which it will be subjected when in action.

The whole device may thus beconstructed in three pieces-the casing 10,with its att'achments 11 12 15, the hasp 19, and the bolt 29, with itsprojection 30.

It will be noted that the casing 10 is comparatively flat and projectsonly a short distance beyond the surface23, to which it is attached, andno part of the device projects beyond this flat casing when the deviceis in action, so that there are no projecting knobs or other partsliable to be broken ofi when in use or in transit. This is an importantfeature of the invention and adds materially to the value of the deviceby greatly increasing its durability and security.

The casing 10 and its attachments, as before stated, may be formed inany size or suitable material to adapt it to the various purposes forwhich it is to be employed.

In Fig. 2 the extension 15 is shown arranged in alinement with the rearside of the casing 10, which will be the form of construction employedwhen the device is at-- tached to a box or similar receptacle, and inFig. 4 the portion 15 is shown in alinement with the bottom of thecasing 10, which will be the construction employed when the device isused upon doors and similar closures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device ofthe class described, a casing, a hasp, the free end of which is adaptedto enter said casing, and a bolt composed of a single piece of wirerotatably secured in said casing and provided with a looped offsetadapted to be projected across the path of the hasp when the boltisrotated.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing having a cavity atone end and a contracted recess leadin g from said cavity, ahasp movablyattached to the closure to be secured, and provided with a projectionadapted to enter said cavity and engage the adjacent side wall of thecasing, and a bolt of a singlepiece of wire rotatably secured in saidcasing and provided with an offset formed by turning a loop transverselyin the bolt, whereby when said bolt is rotated, said loop will beprojected across the path of the hasp, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I ALBERT BENNETT.

Witnesses:

ERIC P. TRUEDSON, GEO. D. SPURR.

